Pakistan’s newly appointed ODI captain, Shaheen Shah Afridi, opened up about leading the country for the first time after being sacked as the T20I skipper last year.

Shaheen revealed his desire to improve Pakistan’s status in the ODIs and lead the team from the front ahead of his maiden captaincy assignment against South Africa, scheduled to commence on Tuesday in Faisalabad.

The trend of leadership shuffle in Pakistan cricket continued after Rizwan was sacked as the ODI captain before hosting South Africa. Rizwan was handed the captaincy mantle in the 50-over format last year and led Pakistan to series victories over Australia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.

However, this year’s results have been far from attractive, with Pakistan losing the tri-series final at home against New Zealand an

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